Wool-combing machine.



No. 805,781. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. H. OOLBURN. WOOL GOMBING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1905.

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HEBDEN COLBURN, OF MENSTON. NEAR LEEDS, ENGLAND.

WOOL-COMBING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed January 24, 1905. Serial No. 242,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEBDEN CoLBURN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Willow Dene, Menston, near Leeds, in the county of York, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wool-Combing Machines, of which the following description, wherein reference is made to the accompanying sheets of drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of woolcombing machines known as N obles combs, in which, as is well known, many of the important parts of the machine are arranged to rotate in the horizontal plane, their several axes being thus situated in vertical planes or at right angles to the horizontal plane. In actual use it is often found necessary to change or alter the relative positions of the several rotary parts of these machines, such as those of the drawing-off rollers with the rotary combs, and it is at all times desirable that whenever moved or wherever replaced they should still maintain the parallelism of their axes and planes of rotation.

The object of my present invention is to so construct the framework upon which the operating parts of the machine are mounted that the fixing of the several parts in their desired and relative positions may be readily carried out and that with greater accuracy than is possible in machines as heretofore constructed, while more solid, firmer, and better support is given to said operating parts, so that undesirable vibratory actions of the machine are avoided.

In carrying my invention into effect I follow the method of construction hereinafter explained and as illustrated by the accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of sufficient of the framework and operating parts of a combing-machine to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but illustrates an alteration in part of said framework for purposes hereinafter explained. Fig. 3 is a view of part of the framework as seen from above and when not having the number of bearing-surfaces shown by Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on line A B of part shown by Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view as seen from above of part of the framework hereinafter explained. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on line C D of the part shown by Fig. 5.

Among the motor parts of the machine, to

the mounting of which my invention relates, are the combs carriage a, the roller 6, (only one of. such rollers b is shown in the drawings to illustrate its application, although, as is well known, several of said rollers are made use of,) and one of the driving-shafts c, the bearings d and e of these latter being secured to what is styled the gearing-plate In the production of the framework for supporting said motor parts in accordance with my invention I construct the base-piece g and the segmental side walls it h integrally, as by casting them in one piece. This integral part 9 and h h I fix upon the face-plate of a lathe by securing its base-piece g thereto by any well-known means, so that its outer flanges 7r k and m m extend therefrom and are concentric with the spindle of said faceplate. I am thus enabled to turn up in said lathe the surfaces of the flanges k k and m m, so that said surfaces are planed accurately parallel with the under surface of the base-piece g, which is in contact with the face-plate of the lathe. In fact, a lathe of the size necessary to attain the result described on a piece of work havin the usual diameter of the base or frame 0? a circular combing-machine might properly be called a circular planing-machine, particularly when said machine is arranged so that the tool operates in or on a horizontal plane. I also can turn up the surfaces of the edges n n (see Figs. 3 and 4) concentrically with the spindle of said face-plate. To fit upon the surfaces is 7c I also turn up in a lathe the under surface of the ball-race p, and to fit upon the surfaces m m and within the edges n nI turn up the undersurface and the circular part of the peripheral edge of the gearing-platef, so that after having thus prepared the several surfaces described and fitted and secured (as with screws) the parts 1) and f in their respective positions upon the framework I can then turn up in the lathe the upper or outer and remaining surfaces of the parts 19 and f in this manner, making the upper and lower surfaces of both the ball-race p and the gearing-plate f parallel with each other and with the lower surface of the base-piece g. The conoentricity of the several parts and uniforn parallelism of the surfaces on which adjustments are sometimes made are also thus assured. As the upper and lower surfaces of the plate f are by these means made accurately parallel to each other, the shifting and securing of the several bearings (as the bearings d and e for the rollers b and shafts 0) over and in connection with same in any of their varied positions will not interfere with the accurate adjustment of their several axes at right angles with the plane in which the carriage a and other parts rotate.

In cases Where it is thought more desirable to have the ball-race 1) adjustable, so that it may be raised or lowered as desired, I may dispense with the fixed flanges k 7c and make use of brackets 12 with adj listing-screws s and fixing-screws s, as shown by Fig. 2, or provided it is desired only to make use of the fitting of the gearing-plate f, as hereinbefore described, I may then form the parts it h as shown by Figs. 3 and 4, in which case I employ other means for supporting the parts to be situated above same, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim is- 1. A circular combing-machine having a base, and sides integral therewith, the latter having integral flanges, said flanges having planed or turned surfaces.

2. A circular combing-machine having a base, and sides integral therewith, the latter having integral flanges, said flanges having planed or'turned surfaces, and a gearingplate and abearing-plate having planed or turned under surfaces to rest upon the upper surfaces of said flanges.

3. A circular combing-machine comprising an integral base and sides, the latter having integral internal flanges to support a gearing-plate and integral top flanges to support the bearing for the comb carriage, said flanges having planed or turned upper surfaces.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- I-IEBDEN COLBURN.

Witnesses:

R1). B. NICHOLLS, FRED HAMMOND. 

